the killings and the aggression by tanks and warplanes and cluster bombs and internationally-banned weapons against innocent people. >> reporter: the obama administration right now is weighing whether to welcome mohammed morsi to the white house some time this spring, jon. jon: there are also reports that this attack in syria by the israelis could actually hasten the collapse of the regime? >> reporter: well, to be fair the israeli haves not confirmed that they launched any such airstrikes inside of syria. even syria's staunchest allies, the russians alluded to imminent fall of president bashar al-assad. however any such development as the fall of the syrian regime would follow the staggering bloodshed, estimated 60,000 deaths across two years of civil war and would likely further destablize this region in the form of unsecured chemical and biological weapons. what analysts expect will be continued fighting among syria's religious factions and jihadist groups. >> the question is whether that will then pour over other borders as frankly is already happening and think containing that and tryi